The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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... considering his ascetic disposition at times , as acknowledged by himself in his Meditations , and the exaggeration with which some have treated the peculiarities of his character , I should not wonder to hear it ascribed to a principle ...
... considering his ascetic disposition at times , as acknowledged by himself in his Meditations , and the exaggeration with which some have treated the peculiarities of his character , I should not wonder to hear it ascribed to a principle ...
Page 208
... considering it as a point of honour not to own them ; for Mrs. Williams told me that , as he had given those Essays to ... consider the condition of poor Collins . I knew him a few years ago full of hopes and full of projects , versed in ...
... considering it as a point of honour not to own them ; for Mrs. Williams told me that , as he had given those Essays to ... consider the condition of poor Collins . I knew him a few years ago full of hopes and full of projects , versed in ...
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... consider by what unjust methods property has been often acquired , and that what was unjustly got it must be un- just to keep , where is the harm in one man taking the property of another from him ? Besides , Sir , when we consider the ...
... consider by what unjust methods property has been often acquired , and that what was unjustly got it must be un- just to keep , where is the harm in one man taking the property of another from him ? Besides , Sir , when we consider the ...
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